Ken I think if you go into "Options" and then "Customise" you can change the date format. Perhaps this will change the dates to however you wish to display them.
Cheers Vivien On 26 September 2010 17:42, Shack <[email protected]> wrote: > I just received my Legacy Deluxe Edition package in the mail this week > and have found that it is SO much easier to use than my old software, The > Master Genealogist. I do have one question although I don't think there will > be an answer that I will like. When I imported the Gedcom file into Legacy > many of the dates got transposed in the process. When I entered my data into > the old program I was very new at genealogy and had entered my dates as MM > DD YYYY. When they show up in Legacy they are turned around such as 01 05 > 1974 ( Jan 5, 1974) turns into 1 May 1974. I have about 6,500 entries in the > file so it will be no small task editing each on by hand. Is there anyway to > search for and fix such errors? Also what happens to dates such as 12 20 > 1946 (Dec 20, 1946) since there is no 20th month? > Thanks, > Ken Sturgill > Marion VA > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
